"The homicidal bitchin' that goes down in every kitchen to determine who will serve and who will eat"

It is not often that one can glean pearls of wisdom from a song with a disco/martial beat unless of course you're talking about Leonard Cohen's song "Democracy."

And that is what I thought of when I read kos's reaction to Bush's speech last night (which I mercifully missed).

My comment:

Of course you're right, but the next step one must take is to conclude that bellowing crap like "decisive ideological struggle of our time" is exactly that - crap.

It's not the "decisive ideological struggle of our time."

The "decisive ideological struggle of our time" is basically how should 6+ billion people survive on this planet.

Solve that problem and all the religious ideological bullshit - and corrupt crony capitalist problems go away.

That, and that alone is the "decisive ideological struggle of our time."